Lizzie Chase and Donna Sirmais: Communitysnapshots.weebly.com suggests a series of after-school workshops for parents, to build their confidence about 21st century learning skills.

1. The raft, the river and the rainbow:
Community research
in the 21st Century library context
By Lizzie Chase and Donna Sirmais
Resources: http://sdrv.ms/10moVPz
Website: http://communitysnapshots.weebly.com
Sample survey report: http://sdrv.ms/17La2eQ

2.  Margaret Redrup-May and the team at the Blacktown
Council libraries. 40 000 parent ‘sign ups’ in 2012 for
Baby rhyme time and early childhood programs
 The great good place and Celebrating the third place –
Thanks to Ray Oldenburg [and others] for analysing &
celebrating what makes places into community hubs
 All the people who have shared their stories & beliefs
about what matters in the Raft, river, rainbow project
 Cambridge Park HS and Chifley Bidwill – 2013 videos
With thanks to

3. For authentic community research about the nature of wisdom:
1. Ask questions which matter
2. Resource a project effectively
3. Engage the community in responding and co-creating
4. Communicate findings & support community publishing
IE A strategic mix of creativity, welcome, skills exchange, seeking
feedback & supporting the publication of community “voice”
videos, interview sound files and digital stories as a valued part of a
library’s current digital collections & archives.
What “works well” with community
research?

4.  An adult writing group meeting at Mt Druitt Library
 A P&C group meeting at a Blue Mountains PS library
 Educational consultants at a specialist educational
library [Henry Parkes Equity Resource Centre]
 An email focus group + a student writing group
 A student leaders meeting at Henry Parkes
 A parents group meeting at Cambridge Park HS
library, over a series of sessions
Our interviewees

5.  On the current affairs front, which items in the news are on
your agenda at the moment & why?
Within Australia and Globally:
 For public libraries to act as community hubs, which new
activities do you believe they could host, possibly in
partnership with other agencies?
 What do children need, to be 21st Century young adults
who are confident, skilled and caring? Emotional and social
needs, Intellectual needs, Other needs:
Our SURVEY questions about what matters

6.  Community writers: Write about a person who is very
important to you – show us why.
 Community writers: Explain what matters most to
you. What do you believe in? How do you gain peace?
OR Write about a life changing experience
/conversation you had OR the best holiday…
 Student writers: These things really matter to me, as
a young person, in the Australian news, in world news
 http://raftriverandrainbow.edublogs.org
Our WRITING TASKS about what matters

7.  Raft, river, rainbow workshops for community writers:
Celebrating people & memories we value and beliefs
that we cherish. Cards to inspire discussion and
writing at www.raftriverandrainbow.com
 You, me and 21C workshop series at Cambridge Park
HS: Exploring what matters in a school context
 SEAT student leaders express their views about what
matters. 2012 videos at
http://lizziechase.wix.com/projectbasedlearning
Workshop series – 2012 & 2103

9. http://lizziechase.wix.com/projectbasedlearning

11. Raft, river, rainbow project
Images to inspire talk & writing
Illustrator: Gina Harrowell
www.raftriverandrainbow.com/life-writing-blog

12. 1. Ask about what matters: Survey Monkey & getting to
know the participants & their technology needs
2. Find the key messages: Wordle, Infogram, Piktochart,
Easelly - Data visualisation tools
3. Share voices and opinions: Sock puppet app interviews +
Voki, Weebly websites + blogging
4. Share stories, journeys, beliefs & values: Mixbook + ipad
apps; Animoto videos
 http://communitysnapshots.weebly.com for ideas
Community Snapshots
Workshop series

13. Flyer

14. Workshop 1:
Getting to know you + Survey skills
PARTICIPANT TASKS: COMPLETE THESE SURVEYS
Children’s needs:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XZX7BQ5
Library of the future:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8CJF6T2

15.  SCHOOL COMMUNITY GROUPS: Join up to Edmodo
and JOIN the Community Snapshots group by using
the PIN: znnvw8 – as a student of this class
PARTICIPANT TASK: ANSWER THIS QUESTION
 Which items in the news are on your agenda at the
moment & why?
Within Australia:
Globally:
Edmodo – In a school context

16.  Wordle about young people’s needs
Workshop 2: Data visualisation skills

17. WordSalad: One person requiring
respect and welcome

18. • ONLINE: Paste the writing from your Edmodo post to make
your own Wordle about current affairs issues that matter
to you
OR
• ON YOUR IPAD
1. Write your opinion into the Notes app
2. Select all - Copy
3. Use WordSalad app: New - New Salad
4. Create PDF or Save to Camera Roll – Find it in Photos
Participant Task

19. Infogram – Infographic
http://infogr.am/Libraries-as-hubs/

20. Piktochart – Infographic
https://magic.piktochart.com/output/34881d7e-f50d-4f62-
9b91-adaa74cd3f82

21. Easelly - Infographic
https://s3.amazonaws.com/easel.ly/all_easels/143915/YoungPeo
ple/image.jpg

22.  PARTICIPANT TASK: Create an infographic to display
your main ideas visually
 Display your opinions about what’s in the news in an
infographic created at http://www.easel.ly/
 You may wish to focus on Australian issues OR global
issues
Easelly – Task

23. Secrets for success
for community projects
By Donna Sirmais
Session 2

24.  There will be real outcomes for participants
 Ownership by participants
 Build trust and strong relationships
 Over a period of time – a series of meetings
 Hospitality – food is welcoming, relaxed talk happens
 Build a sense of fun – it’s okay to make mistakes
 A strong sense of purpose
Secrets for success in community
projects

25. Project processes

26. Treasure hunt - Example

27. Cambridge Park HS Video
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=985d506652839c93&id=985D506652839C93%212223
&sff=1&authkey=!AIjjUW1z5eLegOA

28. Storyboarding key ideas

29. Sock puppet interview
http://youtu.be/1e7PUYdW2Y4

30.  Using the Sock Puppet app, interview a partner about
what really matters to them – Take turns to have your
say
 When you have finished your interviews, share them
with another pair
Participant Task

31. Voki Example
http://communitysnapshots.weebly.com/-share-opinions.html

32. Animoto video
http://animoto.com/play/lW7AkL7hieLKpYv1oUGYfQ

33.  Create your own short Animoto video, using 5-12 Creative
Commons images.
 ONLINE: What matters to me images – Download these
from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64544666@N04/sets/72157
633514162862/
 ONLINE: Library images – Download these from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64544666@N04/sets/72157
633711582486/
 APP VERSION: Take 5-8 photos now to upload…
Participant Task

34. Mt Druitt Library Writing Group
http://raftriverandrainbow.edublogs.org/life-writing/

35. Mixbook Example:
Blacktown Library Writing Group
http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/interests/what-matters-to-us-5116208?vk=lF8RQxC5Mj

36. Participant task - Mixbook
 ONLINE: Go to http://www.mixbook.com/ to create 5
pages: 5 key messages about what matters most to
you.
 Choose your own images OR select images from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64544666@N04/sets/7
2157633514162862/
Mixbook – Task

37. Student leaders at Henry Parkes

38. Student Voice Video example
http://youtu.be/CMOqKZeH1hg

39.  Megan said:
Spinning, lifting, falling, leaping, flying….most people do not describe this exciting
performing art, dance, as peaceful. But pushing my body to its limits and releasing all the
tension and emotion definitely makes me calmer. When I dance, it’s like I am a bird, free and
flying. Being able to express myself through dance comforts, excites and frees me all at the
same time. That is because peace is feeling contented and quiet, and despite leaping and
spinning everywhere, when I dance, my mind relaxes. When you push your body to its limits,
when it hurts so bad you could collapse, something happens that makes to pain all
worthwhile. When you dance, and reach heights you could never have imagined, it’s like an
exhilarating wave coming over you, the feeling of achievement. When you do more than
your best and go the extra mile (the mile you could never conquer) a feeling of
completeness, satisfaction and peace comes over you, because you know that what you just
did was better than your best. Peace is not just having no negative emotions, or feeling quiet
or still, it is what makes up your heart, what you are passionate about. Peace is living in the
moment, it’s that fiery, free feeling you get when you grow wings and fly. For me, among
other things and people, it’s dance.
http://rapblog14.edublogs.org/rainbow/
Blogging / Websites

40. Anzac reflections - Weebly
http://remembrancememorialandtheday.weebly.com/
Google Advanced Images Search – Usage Rights: Free to use or share
+ Jamendo for creative commons images & music

41. 21st century community research:
Joint knowledge building
Extract from
Morphing into a
21st century
teacher
by Mia
MacMeekin
See also:
https://vimeo.com/ti
ffanypoirier